Yuuki Cross/Kuran

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Yuuki Cross/Kuran

Yuuki Cross, or Yuuki Kuran, is the adoptive daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy. Yuuki is a first year student at Cross Academy and is a member of the school's disciplinary committee, which is a Guardian for Cross Academy. In her capacity as a Guardian, she is responsible for the nightly duties of monitoring and protecting the Day Class.

--------------------------------------------------Personality

Yuuki is generally a cheerful and comedic girl. She exhibits a strong attachment to her close friends. Her indecisive nature and reticence can be attributed to her insecurity regarding her missing history. She has a fear of bad vampires which means she rarely leaves the Cross Academy grounds on her own. She is protective over Zero and fears the fact that he might become a level E.

--------------------------------------------------Appearance

Yuuki has always been small for her age, as a human she was noted to be underdeveloped. Following her transformation to a vampire, her body has started to mature and her once short hair grew long overnight. Her height is 170 cm.

--------------------------------------------------Background

As a child,Yuuki was approximately 5 years old when Rido Kuran attacked the Kuran family seeking to take Yuuki. To protect her daughter, Juuri sacrificed herself to seal Yuuki's vampire side and erased her daughter's memory. Yuuki's first memory is that of Kaname saving her from a vampire. Yuuki grew up harboring deep feelings for him and the two had a close relationship.

Yuuki had troubled nightmares nightly until 4 years ago, when Zero Kiryu joined their household and Yuuki formed a strong attachment to the boy. Yuuki's relationship with Kaname became distant after she witnessed his vampire nature as he feed on a vampire classmate and as a human, Yuuki believed she had no chance with Kaname and began to fear him a little, but her admiration for him remained.

--------------------------------------------------Trivia
*Her first name Yuuki is a combination of yuu, meaning "tender" or "kind", and ki, meaning "princess".

*Cross or Kurosu, means "black master."
Kuran, is a combination of the old fashioned way of writing ku, meaning "nine" and ran meaning "orchid".

*As Kaien knows Yuuki's name beforehand, he says to Yuuki that Kaname told him that all girls are princesses and thus will name her Yuuki and she is Kaien's 'gentle princess.'

*Some fans mistakely call "Yuki" instead of "Yuuki". Yuki and Yuuki are completely different as they have different meanings and writing. "Yuki" means "Snow" in japanese, and "Yuuki" means "Courage".